6 A STUDY OF FARM ANIMALS 



ture, the direct outgrowth of recent methods of education 

 in the agricultural college, as well as the investigations of 

 our experiment stations. 



To meet what was regarded as a real need in sec- 

 ondary schools and short courses, in 1912 the author pre- 

 pared a book entitled "Beginnings in Animal Husbandry," 

 the first text of its kind in this field of education, prepared 

 for students below college grade. The reception given this 

 volume by educators was very gratifying to the author. In 

 the passing years, however, much new material has accum- 

 ulated, and courses of study have been introduced that were 

 not generally given in 1912, and for which no provisions 

 were made in "Beginnings in Animal Husbandry." The 

 author has, therefore, seen fit to prepare a new text, that 

 should more fully meet present needs. It not only discusses 

 the feeding, care, and management of animals with some 

 detail, as applied to horses, cattle, sheep, swine, and poultry, 

 but considers other subjects of present-day importance. These 

 include community breeding, something about wool, boys' 

 and girls' live-stock clubs, co-operative live-stock shipping, 

 and culling the poultry flock. It also contains besides these, 

 all the more important matter relative to breeding, the 

 breeds, and judging, as set forth in the first text. "Begin- 

 nings in Animal Husbandry" consisted of 28 chapters, includ- 

 ing 393 pages and 217 illustrations, while the present text 

 contains 44 chapters, 540 pages and 256 illustrations. 



In conclusion the author would quote the final sentence 

 of the Foreword in "Beginnings in Animal Husbandry" : "It 

 is his earnest hope that such lessons as either teacher or 

 pupil shall find within these pages, may result in a desire 

 for yet wider knowledge of and a more sympathetic interest 

 in, farm animals." 

 Ohio State University CHARLES S. PLUMB 



Columbus, Ohio 

 June 1, 1922. 



